首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will
Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will
admin
2013-12-03
32
问题
Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity(长寿)boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers(鳏夫)were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man’s life and two to a woman’s. The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm.
Even if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn’t smoke. There’s a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse’s death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the odds favour marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.
So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socio-economic factors, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological(生理的)mechanisms. For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.
A life partner, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100. The ultimate social network is still being mapped out, but Christakis says: "People are interconnected, so their health is interconnected."
Linda Waite’s studies support the idea that______.
选项
A、older men should quit smoking to stay healthy.
B、marriage can help make up for ill health.
C、the married are happier than the unmarried.
D、unmarried people are likely to suffer in later life.
答案
B
解析
由第二段中的两个例子:一是患有心脏疾病的已婚老人要比没有相关疾病的未婚老人寿命约长4年;二是一个每天要抽一包多香烟的已婚老人和一个从不吸烟的离过婚的老人寿命几乎一样长。可以推断出B项“婚姻有助于人的身体健康。”故答案为B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/jChi777K
0
在职申硕(同等学力)英语
相关试题推荐
I______alettertoanInternetservicethatdistributesjournalists’questionstomorethan750institutions.
PicturesintheBritishpapersthisweekofPrinceWilliam,PrinceCharles’s18-year-oldson,cleaningtoiletsoverseas,havele
Parentscannomorebefriendstotheirchildrenthanteacherscanbetotheirstudents.Fortheessenceoffriendshipisrecipr
Parentscannomorebefriendstotheirchildrenthanteacherscanbetotheirstudents.Fortheessenceoffriendshipisrecipr
Parentscannomorebefriendstotheirchildrenthanteacherscanbetotheirstudents.Fortheessenceoffriendshipisrecipr
Parentscannomorebefriendstotheirchildrenthanteacherscanbetotheirstudents.Fortheessenceoffriendshipisrecipr
The"standardofliving"ofanycountrymeanstheaverageperson’sshareofthegoodsandserviceswhichthecountryproduces.A
The"standardofliving"ofanycountrymeanstheaverageperson’sshareofthegoodsandserviceswhichthecountryproduces.A
Anunidentifiedwitoncesaid,"laugh,andtheworldlaughswithyou.Snore,andyousleepalone."Yetsnoringisfarfromalau
Anunidentifiedwitoncesaid,"laugh,andtheworldlaughswithyou.Snore,andyousleepalone."Yetsnoringisfarfromala
随机试题
塑料类医疗废弃物应如何处理?
男性,50岁,头晕、乏力、心悸2个月。查体:贫血貌,皮肤干燥,指甲脆裂,浅表淋巴结未触及,肝脾不大。实验室检查:血红蛋白70g/L,网织红细胞计数0.005。血涂片检查示小细胞低色素性贫血改变,血清铁6.2μmol/L,总铁结合力92μmol/L,粪便检查
一患者颏部被钝器打击后,出现双侧后牙早接触,前牙开黯,双侧颞下颌关节区肿胀疼痛,最合适的诊断应是()
实施可持续发展战略,要实现速度和结构质量效益相统一、()相协调,使人民在良好生态环境中生产生活,实现经济社会永续发展。
从各部门抽调人员组成一个新的小组,你是负责人,该小组成员有许多老同志,互相有矛盾而且对你不服气,你如何协调?
七君子事件
IIS安装的硬盘分区最好选用NTFS格式,是因为(1)。①可以使用操作系统的文件加密系统(EFS)对文件或文件夹进行加密②可以针对某个文件或文件夹给不同的用户分配不同的权限③可以防止网页中的Applet程序访问硬盘中的文件④
Obesity:theScourgeoftheWesternWorldObesityisrapidlybecominganewscourgeofthewesternworld,delegatesagreeda
DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationinReadingPassage3?Inboxes29-34onyouranswersheetwriteTRUEift
A、Knowingthepsychologyofcriminals.B、Lockingallentrancestothehouse.C、Fightingagainstcriminalswithgreatcourage.D、
最新回复
(
0
)